{"product_id":"maya-e-groups-calendars-astronomy-and-urbanism-in-the-early-lowlands-9780813064390","title":"Maya E Groups: Calendars, Astronomy, and Urbanism in the Early Lowlands","description":"As complex societies emerged in the Maya lowlands during the first millen¬nium BCE, so did stable communities focused around public squares and the worship of a divine ruler tied to a Maize God cult. \"E Groups,\" central to many of these settle¬ments, are architectural complexes: typically, a long platform supporting three struc¬tures and facing a western pyramid across a formal plaza. Aligned with the movements of the sun, E Groups have long been interpreted as giant calendrical devices crucial to the rise of Maya civilization. This volume presents new archaeological data to reveal that E Groups were constructed earlier than previously thought. In fact, they are the earliest identifiable architectural plan at many Maya settlements. More than just astronomical observatories or calendars, E Groups were a key ele¬ment of community organization, urbanism, and identity in the heart of the Maya lowlands. They served as gathering places for emerging communities and centers of ritual; they were the very first civic-religious public architecture in the Maya lowlands. Investigating a wide variety of E Group sites--including some of the most famous like the Mundo Perdido in Tikal and the hitherto little known complex at Chan, as well as others in Ceibal, El Palmar, Cival, Calakmul, Caracol, Xunantunich, Yaxnohcah, Yaxun , and San Bartolo--this volume pieces together the development of social and political complexity in ancient Maya civilization. \u003cb\u003eContributors: \u003c\/b\u003e James Aimers Anthony F. Aveni Jamie J. Awe Boris Beltran M. Kathryn Brown Arlen F. Chase Diane Z. Chase Anne S. Dowd James Doyle Francisco Estrada-Belli David A. Freidel Julie A. Hoggarth Takeshi Inomata Patricia A. Mcanany Susan Milbrath Jerry Murdock Kathryn Reese-Taylor Prudence M. Rice Cynthia Robin Franco D. Rossi Jeremy A. Sabloff William A. Saturno Travis W. Stanton A volume in the series Maya Studies, edited by Diane Z. Chase and Arlen F. Chase\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-11941687\"\u003eDavid a. Freidel\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University Press of Florida\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/18\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 654\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.99lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 1.31d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780813064390\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0813064392\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-ARC\"\u003eArchitecture\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-ARC005010\"\u003eHistory | Prehistoric\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-SOC\"\u003eSocial Science\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-SOC003000\"\u003eArchaeology\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eDavid A. Freidel\u003c\/b\u003e is professor of anthropology at Washington University in St. Louis.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University Press of Florida","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44443566768365,"sku":"9780813064390","price":67.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/products\/img_44c254e3-2491-4b1f-ac1a-80d6bd672c2f.jpg?v=1700232478","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/products\/maya-e-groups-calendars-astronomy-and-urbanism-in-the-early-lowlands-9780813064390","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}